The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-07-16

great philosopher, "mY property
is sffe for Il N in my head !
There, my young friends, must I
your greatness be found Not inE
your Golfers, nor "a your backs,
but in your heads
Truth lies scattered all around
you-thc universe Is a universe
Of truth, and each Of you may
gather up enough 70 make you
cmiuont If YOU have Independence
81 mind and iixedness of purpose
to do IL.
God has given each Of yon al
soul--a great soul--unmcasured
III its capabilities, ardent in its
aspirations, awful and sublime in
its conceptions. This soul ex-
pands and unfold5 is wondrous
capabilities, only undor the iu-
ilucnce Of truth, but the mind
Gems to have d moral or intel
luctual affinity for ono class Of
truths which it has not for
another, aud The true philosophy
Of mental greatness IL 20 ascertain
that affinity, aud supply il with
| the appropriate element.
II isouly by il noblemd fixed in.
dependence in resisting MI those
influences and temptations which
tend % turn The mind aside from
that course Of mental action for
which it has Il strong aud decided
preference that it can ever rise to
any fair position. There can be
no just hope of success where the
mind il permitted 4 dallancc with
cneryating pleasures, for they
viii, like tho dogs Of Actnoon,
| dcyour him who INDUCES them.
IL was by u noble independence
and Il fxedncss Of purpose that
Caesar tore himself from the
yoluptuous embraces Of Cleopatra,
and become the hero OF the world.
While, destitute Of that indcpend-
cnce Anthony sunk upon her
bosom and lost Rome and his life.
Having chosen your profession
or special line To study, gone
through your prclininarics here,
returned 70 your home or fixed
upon youl location, and com.
mcnccd tile discharge Of those
professional duties on which your
hopes Of future success depend,
chen remember your only chance
for that success will be in per-
scvoriug Independence. No pro.
fcssion, on speciality yoH may
choose viii make you eminent
you must regard il only as an
auxiliary There is no herobetary
Transmission Of profestio D al
cmincncc-no aristocracy OF
knowledge. Aside from eonsti
tutional difference of mind, wt
all stand equal, and he who posses.
cs the most Of indcpendcncc and
the iirmcst decision Of character
will possess the tlucst greatness
, at lsst
Cultivate self-relianco an d
never stop to ask whit the world
E}gill say or think about you,
sBend all the powers Of your minc
, upon the course you have chosoni
study to know Tor yourselves, ther
Z stand upon tho immutability d
that knowledge, and think and aei
independently of the batteries d
friends or frowna Of enemies
, Your independence will be {
diamond among all the othel
} jewels Of your mind, and wlil,
= that shines you may say to yow
(, associates, as Henry Nv did t.
+. his soldiers: Follow my plume
, You will always find it Oh tht
! road to victory.
Some Of You probably, one ot
Z you, at least, ! have grounds K
. hope, have the ministry in view
i. the noblcst Of all professions
$ But what can you expect to ac
/, complish now that mind ha
!, arisen to the sovereignty ane
e dominion Of tho world, if abandon
7
2 ng intense study, you depcro
only on the immediate inspiration
: Of tie moment for success. Mer
now demand Of the pulpit . wldcl
B range OF thought, deeper am
Q more profound truths, and they
: require them too, .sith a fcryoi
i which CLOVIS and an energy whici
r thrills. They win never more b.
+ satisfied with a scholastic pedantr,
G on the ono hand, nor a light
artificial rhetoric on the other
: neither viii they patiently. mol
! ean thev proftabIy listen.to empty
1 declamations, for they have i
a right to ask and expect that The
1 pulpit in moral influence anC
{ power shall be equal to the de
mands Of the age.
Il IL we of tho ininisf1.v Hkn IN.